Clothes-line reel.



A. WOITYNEK. ULOTHES LINE BEL. PM10/umn FILED APR.9,190B.

908,927. Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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Patented Jem-5, isos l Application filed April 9, 1908..A l Serial No.426.154.

eei'tkn'ownV that I, Atfci's'r 'oi'rrxmi, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at La Sal1e,`in the county of La Salle and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsl inClothes-Line Reels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,Vand exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for clothes lines and has for itsobject to provide a receptacle in which a clothes line may heconveniently drawn after the same has been used.

Another object is to provide in a device of thisV kind convenient meansfor rolling the clothes line upon a rcel, said reel being placed in andinclosed in a box whereby said reel is protected from the weather.

Forthese and still other objects which will appear asthe descriptionproceeds the invention consists of certain novel features. a1'-rangements and combinations of parts of which the herein describedattachment is' one of many ossible embodiments.

lVhile V l minute details of the invention, the invention is not limitedto these as the details of construction and combination may be greatlyvaried without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In 'the annexed drawings forming 'a part of this specification in whichlike reference characters refer to like arts throu hout the severalviews and whic are for il ustrat-ive purposes' only and therefore notdrawn to any particular' scale, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing mydevice in use; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the box; Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of the same and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview taken at right angles to. the section of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my device is shown inconnection with a clothes line 1 supported by posts 2 and 3. The box orcasing 4 is shown ,as attached to the post 3 at a proper he'` ht abovethe ound for operation, the clot es line 1 passmg over the pulley 5 andthene downwardly in the casing 4. The casin is suitably aiiixed to abase 6 and compr ses side members 7 and 8. a bottom 9 and a. front wall10,

erein the. description refers tohinged to the top, thusperluitntingeasyaccess to the interior of the casing.

.The side members 7 and 8 are provided with bearing plates 15andlivliich ai-eariafnged on the outer faces oftgat'tll members. 'lheplates 15 and 16 are provideld with screw holes 17 and these plates andside members T and 8 are provided with alined Jopenings r19 and 20 toreceive the'axle 21 having a square end 22 to receive a crank 23.Mounted on the axle 21 is a reel 24 in the formlofa spool having acentral longitudinal bore 25 to receive the axle 2l and provided withend fiangesl 26 formed with inwardly vbeveled edges 27. A

Revolubly mounted immediatelybeneath such reel is a guide roller 28having end flanges provided with outwardly beveled edges 20 which run infrictional Contact with the beveled edges 27 of the reel 24, one end ofthe roller being provided with a stub pin ,30 and the other end thereofwith a screw 31,

said stub and screw being mounted in corresponding openings 33 in theside members 7 and 8 whereby the guide roller is held in con venientrotatable position. The clothes line 1 is passed downwardly throughtheslot 34 in the top of the casing and, after having beenpassed underthe guide roller 28 and around the reel 24, is attached to the latter bya staple 35 or other equivalent means.

A. ratchet wheel 36 is arranged upon the square end 22 of the reel axleand a pawl 39 pivotally mounted upon a pivot 40 in position to engagethe teeth of the ratchet to prevent retrograde'movement et the reel. In

the operation of the device. after the clothes line has been used and itis desirable to `store the same away, the free end of the clothes lineis unattached and the crank 23 rotated` thus winding the line around thereel. 'After the line has been completely wound upon the reel. thecasing` 4 forms a. suitable protection for the same against theelements.

To unwind the line from the reel. the pawl 39 is disengaged with theratchet Wheel 36 and the free end of the clothes line passed out toanyconvenient placeto which it is attached when the pawl 39 is againengaged with the ratchet wheel to prevent retrograde movement of thereel.

lt is to be particularly observed that during the operation of windingthe rope upon de veel, it must first Vpass over the gillide 55 and aslotted top 11 and lid 13, the lid being l roller 28 and, as this rollerrotates in a directween the reel and guide roller with the result thatthe line will be caused to wind v i'ghtly u en the reel, which is verydesirable as is wel known.

Having thus described my invention, what' I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent2 is:-

In combination with a casing, e clothes line reel provided with beveledend flenes revolubly mounted therein, a uide roller or the clothes lineto pass under fore windin upon the reel, moun ed beneath the reel anhaving beveled end `enges to run in contact where with' those of thereel Awhereby the deV roller is caused to rotate in a' reverse ection tothe reel and in a direction reverse to the direction in which the linepasses durxi the oeretion of winding it upon the y a slight tension isexerted upon that portion of the line between the reel and guide rollerto cause the line to tightly wind upon the former, and means forrotating the reel. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two subscribing wit- IleSSeS.

1 v AUGUST WOITYNEK.4 Witnessesi y Josera FMNKEN, AUGUST Korxn.

